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July 18, 2024 - The Benny Show - Benny Johnson

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🚨Trump’s VP Pick JD Vance Speaking at RNC Convention LIVE Now with Gaetz, Burgum, Navarro & more

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unidentified		And confidence in the Armed Forces has reached a 20-year low.
		Under President Donald Trump, our enemies will know that American power is as decisive as it is overwhelming.
		And if you provoke the United States of America, we will hurt you.
		You threaten citizens of the United States of America.
		We will hurt you for generations to come, so help me God.
		Donald Trump is a commander-in-chief that I am confident to tell parents is at the helm.
		Donald Trump loves America.
		He, too.
		has bled for the nation that he loves.
		May God bless America.
		May God bless our gold star families.
		Thank you for what you've given this country.
		And may God keep President Donald Trump safe and in his hands.
		May God make America strong.
		May God make America Great.
		Again, join me in voting for Commander-in-Chief Donald J. Trump for President of the United States.
		Thank you very much.
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Afghanistan war veteran Scott Neal.
		Thank you.
		Look at all these great Americans here.
		Well, good evening, my fellow Americans.
		My name is Scotty Neal, and I'm a proud United States Army Green Beret veteran.
		Thank you.
		And the most important part is I'm a proud veteran entrepreneur.
		Almost 23 years ago, Al Qaeda declared war on America September 11, 2001.
		Weeks later, Green Berets from the 5th Special Forces Group became the first Americans in uniform to deploy to Afghanistan, and I was one of them.
		Thank you.
		Deep in enemy territory, some of us rode on horses.
		Some of us went further behind the lines to track down the terrorists who killed our fellow Americans.
		Today they call us the horse soldiers.
		Thank you.
		For the next 17 years, we were on the forefront of this country in Iraq, in Africa.
		Again and again we deployed for our fellow Americans.
		Some of us sacrificed our bodies.
		Some of us sacrificed our lives for the American people.
		And for me, America was worth it.
		Now, after leaving the military, I wanted to live the American dream I had been defending.
		And I wanted to start a business with my friends that I served with.
		Today, my company is known as American Freedom Distillery, and we make Horse Soldier Bourbon.
		We are building our forever home in the great Commonwealth of Kentucky.
		That's right, where true bourbon comes from in a little small town called Somerset.
		Please come visit us.
		All of our ingredients are made here in the United States of America.
		We ensure we hire veterans.
		We want to prove that America remains the land of opportunity for those brave enough to reach out and grab it.
		But tragically, almost three years ago, my fellow veterans and I recoiled at the bloody anarchy of President Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan.
		We saw weakness and chaos.
		We saw 13 of our brothers and sisters lose their lives.
		Most of us veterans who served Got phone calls for those courageous Afghanistans that we fought with in the mountains as they were pleading with us not to leave them behind.
		Throughout our careers, we never had regrets about our service.
		But this moral injury caused many of us to ask, "Why did we serve if this was the outcome?" Despite this dark chapter, I know America is good.
		We're still the shiny city on the hill that everybody wants to come to.
		But we need a president with a record of making our country better and not worse.
		And that's why I'm voting for Donald Trump.
		Exactly.
		He encourages patriotic Americans to celebrate the country they love.
		He supports anyone brave enough to reach out for the American dream and to fight for it.
		And he's the only candidate in this race who embodies the American determination and decisiveness.
		Let's make America strong again.
		Let's vote for Donald Trump.
		Thank you.
		The Oppresso Lieber.
		God bless America.
		This is the man's world.
	Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
	Like you, I have spent much of my time the last few days in The state of life itself transcends all hatred and political divisions.
	I stand before you tonight, more convinced than ever, this is the most important election in our lifetime.
	This election will decide the fate of our great nation.
	And that is why we must elect President Donald John Trump.
	Thank you.
	This is not just a choice between Republicans and Democrats.
	This is a choice between safety or chaos, wealth or poverty, national sovereignty or open borders.
	This election is a choice between Joe Biden He will once again make our country strong, safe, and prosperous.
	He will make America feared by our adversaries and respected by our friends.
	And most importantly, he will always put America first.
	After four years of Joe Biden's disastrous America last agenda.
	Our country The country is more dangerous, vulnerable, and impoverished than anyone had thought possible.
	President Trump handed Biden a booming economy and a strong nation.
	All Joe had to do was leave it alone and take a nap.
	But Joe just couldn't help himself.
	Joe Biden cannot lead America.
	He cannot even lead himself off a stage.
	Now Americans are drowning in inflation.
	Insanity spreads like a cancer in our schools.
	We are closer to World War III than any time in my life.
	And we are facing an unprecedented invasion of millions of illegal...
	Rioters and looters go free while Biden and the Democrats persecute American heroes like Donald Trump.
	Tens of millions of Americans are made to feel like enemies in our own country.
	An enemy for wanting to defend our border.
	For not wanting our children indoctrinated in school, for not wanting to erase our history, for praying to our God, saying what we think, and fighting for what we believe.
	It is no wonder that the heroes who stormed the beaches of Normandy and facedown communism sadly say they don't recognize our country anymore.
	This is not an accident.
	The elites in the swamp will say anything to crush and destroy the America First movement.
	But we will never give up and neither will Donald J. Trump.
	I know I speak for patriots everywhere when I say we are fed up.
	We are outraged about sex trafficking and drug trafficking across our society.
	We are fed up with the forever wars.
	We are done being told by the radical left to sit down, shut up and obey.
	The Democrat vision for America is governed by fear, hatred, and political oppression.
	Our vision is defined by a love of our country, love for our fellow citizens, and our love of freedom.
	In our vision, we will secure the southern border and deport the violent criminal aliens once and for all.
	In our vision, America will combat foreign aggressors.
	and ensure our service members are protected, not abandoned, as they carry out their dangerous missions abroad.
	Because we know we can only have peace through strength.
	We will restore an era of national pride, where freedom of speech is respected and cancel culture is
	ended, where high school girls only compete with other girls, not biological men, where struggling cities never put criminal illegal aliens above our heroic veterans and brave law enforcement.
	Where our streets are not ruled by gangs and rioters, but governed by law and order.
	where students are freed from failing schools and corrupt teachers'unions through universal school choice.
	where our most sacred institutions are not weaponized against political opponents but are fair equal and just and where we teach our children to love our
	country, learn our history, and respect our American flag.
	I believe in America, I believe in our freedom and liberty, and I believe in Donald John Trump, and I want Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and all of the radical Democrats to know this: We will not be bullied into obedience.
	We will not cower in silence.
	We will fight for America because we love America.
	USA!
	I stand before you as a working mother, a former prosecutor, a Catholic and a proud Latina.
	I know personally what every American has now seen with their own eyes.
	I know the measure of the man that stands before us.
	Donald Trump will never stop fighting for you.
	So join me in voting for Donald J. Trump our president again.
	Victory is in our sights.
	America's future is in our hands.
	America's destiny is in our Our control.
	America's prosperity is in our hearts and souls.
	America, this is your moment.
	Will you stand for President Trump?
	Rise up!
	Rise up!
	Ladies and gentlemen, lovers of liberty and freedom and the American dream, this is our last chance to make America great again.
	God bless you.
	God bless President Trump.
	And may God bless America.
	Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Congressman Michael Waltz of Florida.
	I am so honored.
	Thank you.
	Hello, patriots.
	I am a member of the President's Office of the United States.
	I am so honored to stand before you as a 27-year Army veteran and the first Green Beret ever elected to Congress.
	And I'm joined tonight by my beautiful wife, Julia, who, oh, by the way, has more combat tours than I do.
	Look, folks, we have deployed all over the Middle East, all over Africa.
	All over Afghanistan, and I have never in my lifetime seen the world falling apart like it is under Joe Biden.
	And that's because under President Trump, we had a president who defeated ISIS, broke Iran, stood with Israel, always stood with our allies, made China pay.
	You didn't see any spy balloons under President Trump, did you?
	He deterred Russia.
	You know what he told Putin?
	You try anything and I'll take the tops off the Kremlin.
	And he didn't dare, did he?
	He did under Obama.
	He did under Biden, but not under Donald J. Trump.
	He defused North Korea.
	And importantly, importantly, he got our hostages home and didn't pay billions of dollars to get our Americans back.
	And here's my favorite part about Donald Trump, the commander-in-chief.
	He sat across the table from the bureaucrats and the generals and said, if you don't give our troops what they need, you know what he told the generals?
	You're fired.
	You're out of here.
	We're cleaning house.
	Everything takes too long, costs twice as much, and delivers half of what our troops need.
	And what do we have today?
	What do we have today with President Biden?
	What's he focused on?
	He's focused on pronouns.
	He's focused on renaming bases.
	He's focused on DEI, and here's my favorite.
	He's focused on building electric tanks.
	Has anybody seen any charging stations in the Middle East for Biden's electric tanks?
	And here's what I can tell you straight up in combat.
	Our enemy's bullets...
	Listen to me, folks.
	Our enemy's bullets could give a damn about black, white, or brown, or about religion, or about gender, or about anything else.
	The only colors that matter in the foxhole are the red, white, and blue, baby.
	That's the only thing that matters.
	That's the only thing our military should care about.
	And that's the only thing our fellow soldiers care about.
	And that's the only thing President Trump cares about.
	Now, seriously, I want to tell you a story about the man, the leader, the commander-in-chief that is Donald J. Trump.
	We all remember Biden's disgraceful withdrawal from Afghanistan.
	The debacle and the stain on our national conscience that that was.
	The 13 Gold Star families have to relive it every day.
	The ones that lost their sons and daughters that disgraceful day.
	Biden won't even take their calls.
	He calls it an outstanding success.
	He won't even take a meeting with them.
	Well, I called President Trump.
	We talked about it.
	And he said, Michael, I would love...
	To meet them.
	Get them up here.
	Get them up here to Bedminster.
	He was scheduled, folks.
	He was scheduled.
	Hear me on this.
	He was scheduled to spend an hour with them.
	You know how long he spent?
	He spent six hours with them.
	He met each one.
	He listened.
	He cared.
	One of the moms kind of leaned over to me and she said, Do you think he'll sign a picture of my son?
	I said, oh, hell yeah, he will.
	Please ask.
	He will be happy to.
	And he spent hours more.
	And if that wasn't enough, he then has them up to dinner.
	And at the start of the dinner, he promised them this.
	When he gets back in the White House, he will release all the tapes, all the videos, all the records, all the emails.
	and give these families the accountability and the transparency that they deserve and that they will never get from joe biden And then God bless this man.
	This is why I love this man so much.
	He had them laughing.
	He had these moms that have been through so much crying.
	He had them, I love this, we saw DJ Trump in action playing Sinatra, playing Phantom of the Opera.
	He had these moms dancing with their husbands.
	Two of them came up to me afterwards and said this was the best thing that had happened to them since they had lost their sons.
	That night with President Trump.
	Mr. President.
	Mr. President, you help them heal.
	And I will forever, and they will be forever, and America will forever be grateful to you for that.
	Thank you.
	Patriots, that's the Donald Trump that I've come to know.
	That's the Donald Trump and the Commander in Chief we all know.
	That's the Donald Trump the media never wants you to see.
	That is the Donald Trump we must have as Commander-in-Chief back in the White House this November.
	We need it.
	The country needs it.
	The world needs it.
	Because we will once again have peace through America's strength.
	God bless you.
	I salute you.
	Let's go fight, fight, fight, and let's win.
	Ladies and gentlemen, please give your solemn attention to the following video presentation honoring our nation's gold star families.
	I'm Jim McCollum.
	I'm the father of Marine Lance Corporal Riley James McCollum, and I'm here to speak for him.
	My name is Alicia Lopez.
	I'm Herman Lopez, and we're the parents of our son, Hunter Lopez, a U.S. Marine stationed in Camp Pendleton, San Diego, California, who passed away on August 26, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
	My name is Abby Sanchez, and I am the voice for my brother, Corporal Humberto Sanchez.
	My name is Coro Brissino, and I am Corporal Humberto Sanchez's mother.
steve nikoui ▲ ● ▼		My name is Stephen Nkui.
		I'm here for my son, Kareem Nkui.
		I'm here today to give my son a voice.
unidentified		My name is Cheryl Jules.
		I am Sergeant Nicole Gee's aunt.
		She was a U.S. Marine that was killed in the Kabul, Afghanistan withdrawal.
		My name is Christy Shamblin, and I'm here for Sergeant Nicole Gee, United States Marine who was killed in the Afghanistan exit.
		My name's Kelly Barnett.
		I'm here to give a voice to my son, my best friend, Staff Sergeant Taylor Hoover.
		And my name's Darren Hoover, and I'm here to give voice as well for our son, Staff Sergeant Taylor Hoover.
		When we started hearing that the Taliban was moving in, that there wasn't more military being deployed, and that...
		They had decided that the Taliban was our security.
		That was when I became terrified.
		They were just kind of left there, hung out to dry.
		I was at work.
		I heard about it.
		Instantly.
		Had that just chill go through me.
		And I started sending messages.
		I'm talking to people.
		I'm calling his girlfriend.
		I'm saying, have you heard from him?
		Calling his sisters.
		Have you heard from him?
		You know, we're texting.
		We're saying, please, just send us a text.
		Just whatever.
		Just let us know that you're okay.
		When all the explosions went off, I had messaged her and I said, hey, you know, I know you can't say anything, but, you know, just an emoji.
		Just a bubble.
		And then 3.30 in the morning that night, I got the knock on the door.
		You know, there's no other reason two Marines are standing on your door.
		Right away they told you, we have news about your son, and he just passed away.
		I just start screaming, I throw myself on the floor.
		I pull up the street and I see a white van.
		And once I saw them, I knew.
		It's surreal.
		Seeing all those flag-draped coffins in the back of a C-17 is something you'll never forget.
		And it really drives home that these young men and women gave the ultimate sacrifice.
		They had all the families within this large room.
		The president showed up and that was...
		It wasn't what I was expecting.
steve nikoui ▲ ● ▼		You know, this guy's sitting across from me on that tarmac and he keeps looking at his watch.
unidentified		Biden did not want to be there.
		I don't know what he wanted to do, but he did not want to be there.
		He looked at his watch multiple times.
		I saw it three times.
		He didn't say anything about Riley.
		And to this day, he has yet to say those 13 kids' names.
		And that makes me so upset because those kids were serving their country.
		Those kids, they were giving their life for this country.
		And I always said they were thinking that their commander-in-chief was going to...
		Have their back because they were fighting for this country and that didn't happen.
		The administration, the White House, our president has never once mentioned their names.
		Not one of them.
		Honestly, I don't feel like Joe Biden cared.
steve nikoui ▲ ● ▼		He just had no empathy for us at all.
unidentified		I do think incompetence played a huge factor in what happened.
		Bad decision, bad leadership, and it all starts at the top.
		Joe Biden should not be leading this country.
		There was no point in making that hard deadline August 31st.
		It was 100% a political stunt.
		He let my son down.
		He let the 13 down.
		He let the 45 wounded down.
		He let those 174 civilians down.
		He let our country down.
		And then what it hurts the most is that they could be here.
		We fully understand we can't bring back our kids.
		But there are thousands and thousands more out there that are going to come home the same way if something doesn't change.
		We're the United States of America.
		We can do better by our men and women that are risking their lives for this country.
		can do better for him than that.
		To this day, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
		I've never mentioned these fallen soldiers' names.
		President Trump will never forget them.
		Thank you.
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage the Gold Star families of our fallen heroes.
		Thank you.
		Hello, America.
		I'm Christy Shamblin.
		My daughter-in-law, Sergeant Nicole Leanne Gee, was a United States Marine, and she was killed at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan alongside 12 of her brothers and sister-in-arms.
		While Joe Biden has refused to recognize their sacrifice, Donald Trump spent six hours in Bedminster with us.
		Thank you.
		He allowed us to grieve.
		He allowed us to remember.
		Our heroes.
		Donald Trump knew all of our children's names.
		He knew their stories, and he spoke to us in a way that made us feel understood, like he knew our kids.
		He carried, Donald Trump carried the weight for a few hours with me.
		Yeah.
		Thank you.
		And for the first time since Nicole's death, I felt I wasn't alone in my grief.
		Thank you.
		Thank you.
		I had expected to meet an arrogant politician.
		Instead, I met a man who had empathy for us.
		He was compassionate, and he spent time with us because he knew it would make us feel better.
		Thank you, President Trump.
		I'm Cheryl Jules, Nicole's aunt.
		Joe Biden said the withdrawal from Afghanistan was an extraordinary success.
		An extraordinary success.
		Look at our faces.
		Look at our pain and our heartbreak.
		And look at our rage.
		That was not an extraordinary success.
		The humiliation of our nation was not an extraordinary success.
		Joe Biden may have forgotten that our children died, but we have not forgotten.
		Donald Trump has not forgotten.
		Donald Trump has not forgotten.
		Joe Biden owes the men and women that served in Afghanistan a debt of gratitude and an apology.
		Donald Trump loves this country and will never forget the sacrifice and bravery of our service members.
		Join us in putting him back in the White House.
		I'm Alicia Lopez, and this is my husband, Herman.
		Our son, Corporal Hunter Lopez, whose name Joe Biden has refused to say out loud, was killed on August 26, 2021.
		He died during Joe Biden's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
		Hunter was 22 years old and planned to come home to California.
		After his tour, to follow in our footsteps.
		Herman and I work for the Riverside County Sheriff's Office.
		And our family has a tradition of service in law enforcement.
		Amen.
	Hunter was excited to carry it on.
	Instead, in the nearly three years since Hunter's been gone, there has been silence.
	Silence from that empty space at the dinner table where Hunter would have joined his brothers and sister and us for family gatherings.
	And there has been a deafening silence from the Biden and Harris administration.
	Despite our pleas for answers and accountability, they have pushed us away and tried to silence us.
	The Biden administration has not owned up to the bad decisions.
	They have not been transparent about their failures.
	and their so-called leaders work to protect themselves rather than our sons and daughters who took the oath to defend our country.
	Thank you.
	Thank you.
	When Hunter and the other service members' bodies were returned to the U.S. in Dover, Delaware, Joe Biden met the plane.
	But he made the occasion more about his son, lost to cancer, than our sons and daughters lost on his watch.
	Worse than that, he has never said their names out loud.
	And during last month's debate, he claimed no service members have died during his administration.
	Thank you.
	None.
	That hurt us all deeply.
	So Alicia and I, I'm here to say the names of all 13 service members who lost their lives at Abbey Gate.
	David Espinoza Nicole Gee.
	Thank you.
	Taylor Hoover.
	Ryan C. Knauss.
	Riley McCollum.
	Dylan Marola.
	Kareem Nkui.
	Dagan Page.
	Johani Ricciardo.
	Humberto Sanchez Jared Schmitz.
	Maxson Soviak.
	And my son, Hunter Lopez.
	Hunter Lopez.
	Hunter Lopez.
	Joe Biden has to go.
	He failed the American people.
	He failed the Afghan people and our military service members.
	He failed our family and he failed Hunter.
	Donald Trump has a proven record of keeping the peace and honoring those in uniform.
	applause
	All of us on this stage recognize the efforts of Mr. Trump.
	We know this firsthand.
	We've experienced it.
	Whenever we've met with him, he has demonstrated compassion.
	He has joined us on our mission for answers.
	And he has given hope to our extended Gold Star family.
	Thank you.
	we have another son serving in the army.
	And we do not trust Joe Biden with his life.
	We have faith that Donald Trump to lead our military.
	Please join us in supporting Donald Trump for president and commander-in-chief.
	Thank you.
	USA!
	While campuses struggle to get control of their students, at UNC Chapel Hill, they are bringing order back.
	Students restoring the American flag and singing the national anthem.
	Protesters began to take down the American flag, and that's when the guys stepped in.
jesse watters ▲ ● ▼		Patriotic fraternity brothers stepped in and said, Not today, Hamas.
unidentified		The group of frat brothers defended the American flag from anti-Israel protesters.
		I held the Israeli flag and they held up the American flag while protesters chanted at us, screamed at us.
		I was told to kill myself about 50 times, called a white supremacist, a fascist.
		They protected the flag for an hour.
		They were pelted with bottles and rocks.
jesse watters ▲ ● ▼		But they stood strong.
unidentified		I think the most popular college students right now are the ones at UNC.
		God bless those UNC frat guys for taking down the Palestinian flag and putting up old glory.
		Giving us some hope there that not all college students have gone woe.
		They should be celebrated for, and what might be more rare is their bravery.
		Their willingness to stand up and exhibit that patriotism and protect America.
		All is not lost in every corner of America.
		I'm very proud of these boys and very, very proud that we have parents that are raising good kids like this in our country.
		I love America.
		There are still patriots in this country that are actually...
		We want to fight and sacrifice themselves for this flag, this country.
jesse watters ▲ ● ▼		It's good to know that there's some patriotic young men out there supporting the flag still out there.
unidentified		Don't bend the knees of these people.
		We want those!
		Thank you.
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome country music star Brian Kelly and Anthony McGahee and Praise Motivated Choir.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Ladies and gentlemen, we will be right back to RNC programming, but first, how is it possible that we are live here in what seems like every location all around the RNC, inside, outside, everywhere, is Patriot Mobile.
		Patriot Mobile keeps us connected when we are on the road and is...
		I'm honored to be joined by Glenn and Jenny of Patriot Mobile.
		Thank you so much for being on our program and for helping us be here rocking and rolling at the RNC.
jenny story ▲ ● ▼		Oh, it's our pleasure.
unidentified		We're excited to see what you're doing and how many people are coming to your booth.
jenny story ▲ ● ▼		You are a rock star.
glenn story ▲ ● ▼		Amen.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Well, I've got to tell you, if you're a rock star, you've got to dress like a rock star.
		I wore the same Target black t-shirt.
		I don't dress like your husband here.
		Can we see the fit, Glenn?
unidentified		Oh my goodness.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Can we just see it?
glenn story ▲ ● ▼		This is somebody that...
glenn story ▲ ● ▼		I just want to say...
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Look at him go.
		Look at your boy.
		Look at your boy.
		I want to be Glenn when I grow up.
		I want to be Glenn when I grow up.
		When I have a Benny show suit, we'll do it.
glenn story ▲ ● ▼		I can make it happen.
unidentified		All right.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		The first thing I've got to ask is this.
		I'm wearing our shirt, okay?
		So I'm wearing our Parental Advisory Donald Trump Iconic Moment.
		We all saw it.
		I saw it on my mobile device, right?
		I'm driving home from the pool with my kids.
		I think it's one of those moments that we all remember.
		Like, I wasn't alive for the JFK assassination, but many people were like, I remember.
		And this is going to be one of those moments for all of us.
		9-11, I think maybe people remember that.
		And I think everyone will know.
		And I'm proud for my Patreon mobile phone.
		I was able to see instantly.
		We were able to put a show together, like, dynamically while I'm on the road driving home from the pool.
		And it's so important to be connected.
		I mean, for us, for all human beings, for all of us, it's so important to be connected in times like this to witness...
		And I'll just set the table with this to witness what I think is the most widely seen miracle in human history.
jenny story ▲ ● ▼		There are so many iconic pictures.
		You know what's great about the cell phone?
		Is that we got it at all different angles.
		So it's not like one news media could control our thoughts.
		A lot of people were able to share that moment from different angles that have allowed us to figure out, like, what the heck is going on?
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Yes.
unidentified		What?
		Because...
		Oh, and every big city in all the small towns Has come off when the flags come out Every moment pops out, flying around You can't...
		I'm a human What you said we got?
		I'm a human I'm a human I'm a human I'm a human I'm a human We stood guard, we held it up, and we did not let it fall.
		It was all about respect.
		Not just for the cloth, but for everything that the flag stands for.
		Too many people have sacrificed everything for it.
		The least we can do was keep it flying.
		And tonight...
		We are proud to honor our flag again You
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼		The very first day that we take back the White House from crooked Joe Biden, the worst president in the history of our country.
		I believe that we're going to have four of the greatest years in the history of our country.
		I will once and for all secure our elections.
		We're going to go to paper ballots.
		We're going to have same-day voting, voter ID.
		We're going to do it properly.
		We're going to have good, secure, beautiful elections.
		We never want what happened in 2020 to happen again.
		But until then, Republicans must win.
		And we must use every appropriate tool available to beat the Democrats.
		They are destroying our country.
		Whether you vote early, absentee, by mail, or in person.
		We are going to protect the vote.
		That's the most important thing we have to do, is protect the vote.
		Keep your eyes open, because these people want to cheat, and they do cheat, and frankly, it's the only thing they do well.
		We will make sure your ballot is secure and your voice is heard.
		Many Republicans like to vote on Election Day, and we must swamp the radical Democrats with massive turnout on Tuesday, November 5th.
		The way you win is to swamp them.
		If we swamp them...
		They can't cheat.
		It just doesn't work out.
		But if you can't make it, you need to make a plan, register, and vote any way possible.
		We've got to get your vote.
		So with your vote, we will win a victory the likes of which no one has ever seen before.
		We will evict crooked Joe Biden from the White House, and we will take back our country on November 5th, 2024, the most important day in the history of our country.
		That's what it's going to go down as.
		Thank you.
unidentified		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome recent Harvard University graduate, Shabbos Kestenbong.
		Shabbos Kestenbong!
		My name is Shabbos Kestenbaum.
		I am a proud first-generation American.
		I am a proud Orthodox Jew.
		months ago, I am the proud plaintiff suing Harvard University for its failure to combat antisemitism.
		I came to Harvard to study religion, the foundation of Western civilization.
		What I found was not theology.
		But a contempt for it.
		My problem with Harvard is not its liberalism, but its e-liberalism.
		Too often students at Harvard are taught not how to think, but what to think.
		I found myself immersed in a culture that is anti-Western, that is anti-American, and that is anti-Semitic.
		After October 7th, the world finally saw what I and so many Jewish students across this country experienced almost every day.
		When I planted 1200 Israeli and American flags on campus, they were all vandalized within 24 hours.
		I was harassed by my peers merely for being a Jew.
		And have received countless death threats online.
		Students and professors have openly called for new Hamas-style attacks against the United States.
		And perhaps most damning, when Hamas terrorists butchered 45 American citizens on October 7th, Twelve Americans hostage.
		Harvard refused to immediately and unequivocally condemn this atrocity.
		My fellow Americans, the anti-Semitic bigotry, unfortunately, extends far beyond the universities.
		Although I once voted for Bernie Sanders, I now recognize that the far left has not only abandoned the Jewish people, but the American people.
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		The Democratic Party, the party I registered to vote for the day I turned 18, has become ideologically poisoned.
		And it is this poison, it is this corruption that is infecting Far too many young American students.
		Let's be clear.
		The far-left anti-Semitic extremism has no virtue and the radicalism on our campuses and on our streets has no moral legitimacy.
		Thank you.
		Sadly, sadly, The far left-wing tide of anti-Semitism is rising.
		But tonight, tonight, we fight back.
		I am proud.
		I am proud to support President Trump's policies to expel foreign students who violate our laws, harass our Jewish classmates, and desecrate our freedoms.
		Let's elect a person.
		Let's elect a president who will instill patriotism in our school once again.
		Let's elect a president who will confront terrorism and its supporters once again.
		Let's elect a president who recognizes that although Harvard and the Ivy Leagues have long abandoned the United States of America, the Jewish people never will.
		Because Jewish values are American values, and American values are Jewish values.
		God bless the United States!
		God bless the land of Israel!
		God bless, protect, and return the American hostages in Gaza now.
		Thank you.
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the parents of an American hostage held in Gaza, Orna and Ronan Nutra.
		Bring them home, men!
		Bring them home, free owners!
		Bring them home!
		Bring them home, free owners!
		Bring them home, free owners!
		Our son, Omer, Omer.
		Is an American citizen.
		For 285 long days and nights, Hamas terrorists have been holding Omer imprisoned in tunnels underneath Gaza.
		Omer, which is a biblical name and means in Hebrew the first crop, is our firstborn.
		He was born in New York City one month after 9 /11 eight months pregnant I walked across the Queensborough Bridge towards home that day and here we are 23 years later and he's the victim of another vile terrorist attack Let me tell you a little bit about my son He's a connector He's
		an extremely social person.
		He loves sports.
		In high school, he was captain of the soccer ball, volleyball, and basketball teams.
		He's a natural leader.
		And he cares deeply about others and about helping them grow.
		He turned 22 on October 14, 2023.
		And instead of celebrating with us and with his friends, he spent his birthday as the hostage of Hamas terrorists.
		Imagine, over nine months, not knowing whether your son is alive, waking up every morning, praying that he too is still waking up every morning, that he is strong and is surviving.
		I recite Psalm 23 in his merit every single day.
		I walk through the valley of the shadow of the death.
		I will fear no evil.
		For thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
		Bring them home.
	During the brutal October 7th attack on Israel, over 1,200 people Where is the outrage?
	Where is it?
	This was not merely an attack on Israel.
	This was and remains an attack on Americans.
	Omer is one of eight American hostages And one of 120 hostages still left in Gaza.
	Citizens of 24 countries and five different religions, still held by Hamas, denied basic human needs, their lives threatened every day.
	President Trump called us personally right after the attack when Omer was taken captive.
	With our American hostages.
	We need our beautiful son back.
	And we need your support.
	We need our support to end this crisis and bring all the hostages back home.
	Bring them home.
	Omer, we love you.
	We won't stop fighting for you.
	Say it with us: Bring them home.
	Thank you, everybody.
	God bless Israel and God bless America.
	Thank you.
	Ladies and gentlemen, former paratrooper, congressman, and New York State gubernatorial candidate, Lee Zeldin.
	Hello, Wisconsin!
	I'm Lee Zeldin from New York.
	Lee Zeldin!
	A nation led by President Trump is a nation stronger, safer, and more secure.
	As a former 82nd Airborne paratrooper, I want a military focused on being the world's greatest fighting force, not its biggest social experiment.
	We need a President treating our friends as friends and our adversaries as our adversaries, understanding they only respect strength, not weakness.
	Thank you.
	I was on the House Foreign Affairs Committee under three presidents, but only one ended wars without starting new ones.
	President Donald Trump.
	As one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress, it was amazing to witness history-making progress, strengthening the U.S.-Israel relationship under President Trump, moving our embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
	Recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights and launching the Abraham Accords which no one said was possible.
	applause Soleimani and the ISIS caliphate were eliminated.
	President Trump Withdrew from the Iran deal.
	Stopped those insane ransom payments.
	And crippled Iran with maximum pressure.
	But then, everything went downhill under Biden.
	Yes, the guy who advised Obama not to take out Osama.
	Joe Biden advised against the mission that killed Osama bin Laden.
	As an American, and especially as a New Yorker, that's unforgivable.
	Even in his prime, he had bad judgment.
	And it's only gotten worse with age.
	We cannot count on Biden to make this kind of crucial 3 a.m. decision.
	Heck, we can't rely on him at 3:00 in the afternoon.
	He has refilled Iran's coffers since October 7th.
	Biden has pandered to anti-Semites who cheer Hamas' attack.
	All while Americans are still being held hostage in Gaza.
	Biden turned 13 Blue Star families into Gold Star families with his fatal withdrawal from Afghanistan.
	about it during last month's debate claiming that no service members had died under his watch We must elect President Trump.
	Whether building an Iron Dome defense shield at home, countering China and other bad actors abroad, or securing our borders.
	He will make America strong and respected again.
	President Trump risks everything for us!
	We need him back in the White House now more than ever before.
	To make America great again.
	We must first, and God willing, we will expand the Republican majority in the United States House of Representatives.
	We will flip the United States Senate.
	We are going to elect J.D. Vance, our next vice president.
	And we will make Donald J. Trump, the 47th president of these United States.
	Thank you.
	God bless you.
	God bless President Trump and his family.
	God bless America.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼		We are gathered here on Freedom's altar, on these shores, on these bluffs, on this day 75 years ago.
		Ten thousand men shed their blood and thousands sacrificed their lives for their brothers, for their countries, and for the survival of liberty.
		Those who fought here won a future for our nation.
		They won the survival of our civilization.
		These men ran through the fires of hell, moved by a force, no weapon.
		Could destroy the fierce patriotism of a free, proud, and sovereign people.
		And they showed us the way to love, cherish, and defend our way of life for many centuries to come.
		and our children and their children will forever and always be free.
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		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome World War II hero, William Peckrell.
		Thank you.
		Thank you very much.
		My name is Bill Peckrell.
		I'm a proud Wisconsinite.
		I'm a proud husband of 76 years old to my wife, Rosemary.
		I'm a father of 11 children.
		Six sparrows, five boys.
		Our family across five generations and a proud World War II Federation.
		I'm 98 years old.
		Some call us the greatest generation.
		That's an honor, considering America is the greatest nation in the history of the world.
		Thank you.
		I will never forget and witness the horror of the Nazis' war camps.
		In the Battle of the Bulge, my friends and I fought to stop the Nazis'last major push in the Western Front.
		Thank you.
		A few months later, Hitler was dead.
		The Nazis were defeated.
		and we gave thanks to Almighty God for delivering us from evil.
		Thank you.
		But not many of us came home.
		I still miss a lot of my friends on that beach.
		And there were many of us left.
		There aren't many of us left today, but for us, those of us who are here, that America is still worth fighting for.
		It hurts my heart to see what our current president and vice president have done to the country I love so well.
		They humiliated us in Afghanistan again.
		We pushed around in China.
		Terrorists run wild in the Middle East.
		and they let our own southern border get overrun.
		America, people say, America is an idea.
		But I believe America is much more than that.
		America is our home.
		You know, when I was fighting in Europe, and I came back home, I kissed the ground, thanking God that I'm back home in my country.
		Thank you.
		And where I come from, when somebody comes for me, Or my home.
		You dig in your boots and the ground and never look back.
		Thank you.
		That's the attitude that saved the free world those years ago.
		And President Trump, back in Commander-in-Chief, I would go back to re-enlist.
		today.
		And I was stormed.
		Whatever beach my country wants needs me to.
		God bless you.
		God bless our home and the United States of America.
		Thank you.
		Thank you.
		Thank you.
		Thank you.
jenny story ▲ ● ▼		There's a new movement, a new cultural revolution, and I think the young, particularly those boys that could be enlisted, right?
unidentified		That's right.
jenny story ▲ ● ▼		They care.
		They care.
		They want a president.
unidentified		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome businessman and executive vice president of the Trump Organization, Donald J. Trump Jr.
unidentified		Good evening, America.
donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		I begin my remarks.
		I'm going to do something a little uncharacteristic.
		A Trump is going to give up the microphone.
		Doesn't happen often.
		You may never see it again.
		But I got a call on Monday morning from a young lady who said, "Dad, I want to speak at the RNC." I want to speak at the RNC because I want America to know what my grandpa is actually like.
		So for the first time ever on a stage, first time ever giving a speech, I want to bring out my eldest daughter and the eldest granddaughter of the president of the United States, your favorite president, Kai Madison Trump.
unidentified		Hi, everyone.
		Hi, everyone.
		My name is Kai Mazin Trump.
		I am the granddaughter of Donald Trump.
		I'm speaking today to share the side of my grandpa that people don't often see.
		To me, he's just a normal grandpa.
		He gives us candy and soda when our parents aren't looking.
		He always wants to know how we're doing in school.
		When I made the high honor roll, he printed it out to show his friends how proud he was on me.
		He calls me during the middle of the school day to ask how my golf game is going and tells me all about his.
		But then I have to remind him that I'm in school and I'll have to call him back later.
		When we play golf together, if I'm not on his team, he'll try to get inside of my head.
		I know.
		And he's always surprised that I don't let him get to me.
		But I have to remind him, I'm a Trump too.
		Even when he's going through all these court cases, he always asks me how I'm doing.
		He always encourages me to push myself to be the most successful person I can be.
		Obviously, he sets the bar pretty high, but who knows, maybe one day I'll catch him.
		On Saturday, I was shocked when I heard that he has been shot, and I just wanted to know if he was okay.
		It was heartbreaking that someone would do that to another person.
		A lot of people have put my grandpa through hell, and he's still standing.
		Grandpa, you are such an inspiration, and I love you.
		The media makes my grandpa seem like a different person, but I know him for who he is.
		He's very caring and loving.
		He truly wants the best for this country, and he will fight every single day to make America great again.
		Thank you very much.
		Thank you very much.
donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		A lot of proud moments this week for my family.
		Thank you again, guys.
		Really appreciate that.
		That's not easy.
		That's the first time.
		I mean, this is what we call a large crowd for a speech, so incredible work, Kai.
		Now, back to business.
unidentified		Thank you, sir.
donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		Tonight we gather here in Milwaukee at one of the most crucial moments in American history.
		Just days ago, something that once seemed unimaginable became a terrifying reality.
		My father came under literal fire as an incredible patriotic rally turned into a tragedy.
		On a field in Butler, Pennsylvania, a brave firefighter died.
		Others were injured, and as those bullets rained down, we came millimeters away from one of the darkest...
		moments in our nation's history.
		But we did lose an American hero that day.
		We wish that he were with us tonight.
		But his memory will live on forever in the hearts of his family, his community, and the nation that he loved.
unidentified		Thank you.
donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		So I would like to take just a moment tonight to express our gratitude for the life and service of American hero, Cory Comparator.
		They say you can't truly know how you'll respond in a moment of danger until you're actually confronted with it.
		So what was my father's instinct as his life was on the line?
		Not to cower, not to surrender, but to show for all the world to see that the next American president has the heart of a lion.
unidentified		Thank you.
donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		That the next American president has the courage to put the American people first once again.
		And in that moment, my father didn't just show his character.
		He showed America's character.
		When he stood up with blood on his face and the flag at his back, the world saw a spirit that could never be broken.
unidentified		Thank you.
donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		And that is the true spirit of America.
		America knows what it's like to be down.
		We know what it's like to be confused and to be afraid.
		Long before the attempt on my father's life, every American I met was filled with fear and anxiety.
		They were afraid our country was being torn apart.
		They were anxious about the massive and chaotic invasion of illegal aliens across our border.
		They were deeply concerned about partisan lawfare, education indoctrination, and attacks on freedom of speech.
		Most terrifying of all, they saw that our leaders didn't care.
		Or worse, that they joyfully aided and abetted the erosion of our rights.
		And the lies.
		Oh yeah, the lies.
		We won't ever forget the lies.
		From left-wing politicians, from their allies in the media, when you hear them in a row, you fully understand the extent they have gone to divide this great nation.
		They lied about Russia collusion.
		They lied about Hunter's laptop.
		They lied about Joe Biden's fitness for office.
		They lied about the border being secure.
		They lied about inflation being transitory.
		They lied about how they would safely withdraw from Afghanistan.
		They lied about Biden being a, quote, moderate.
		And they told one nonstop lie after another about my father.
		But they could only run away from reality for so long.
		All hell has broken loose in America, and it's impossible to hide anymore.
unidentified		Thank you.
donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		Remember Build Back Better?
		Instead, we got broke, bumbling Biden.
		Nothing is built, nothing is back, and nothing is better.
		Bridges are collapsing, our credibility is crumbling, and our money is worth less and less every single day.
		It was just one giant bait-and-switch, and normal Americans are the ones left holding the bag.
		Housing costs, gasoline prices, grocery bills just keep going up.
		Wave after wave of illegal aliens, deadly drugs keep pouring across our border.
		Meanwhile, pro-crime district attorneys have turned our cities into giant crime zones.
		They've turned criminals into victims, prosecutors into criminal defense attorneys, and police into public enemies.
		Left-wing activists are pretending to be educators, teaching our kids that there are 57 genders.
		But they can't even define what a woman is.
		On one hand, they think free speech protects their right to expose your children to explicit drag shows.
		On the other hand, they want to put you in jail for making a meme.
		It's like the entire world has been turned upside down.
		Does any of this sound like a country that's going in the right direction?
		And honestly, who is actually running the country anyway?
unidentified		It's obviously not Joe Biden.
unidentified		So who are they asking us to elect?
donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		Seriously, who's running things?
		Does anyone really know?
		Is it Jill?
		Is it Hunter?
		Barack Obama?
		Maybe it's the ghost of corn pop.
		Whoever is running the show, the only thing they are effective at is persecuting my father.
		They twisted, contorted, and corrupted the criminal code to turn bookkeeping errors into penalties.
		They concocted new legal theories out of thin air.
		They imposed gag orders on my father because the last thing a defendant should be able to do is defend himself, right?
		They punished him for merely speaking the truth.
		They say they hate Vladimir Putin, but it sure seems like they've spent a lot of time copying his playbook.
		In this country, we don't criminalize political differences.
		We debate them.
		We vote on them, but we don't make you choose between picking a party or picking a jail cell.
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donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		There was a time when the Democrats really wanted what was best for America, even if they had a different way of getting there.
		It was the party of Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr.
		You may have disagreed with that party, but at least you could respect it.
		But this new extreme Democrat party, they want us to somehow believe that the only way forward is going backwards, where hiring decisions are based solely on race, where justice is only for those with the right opinions, where streets are a luxury only for the elite.
		Where economic opportunity exists only when you know the right people.
		Right now, the America we all grew up with, the America that we love, feels like an old photograph where you sit down with your children and tell them what life used to be like.
		You look back at that America and remember a country that was confident and proud.
		An America that knew who it was and what it stood for.
		And it can all feel like a distant memory.
		Somewhere along the way we stumbled.
		Somewhere along the way we lost ourselves.
		But we can't live on nostalgia.
		Yes, America was great, but our greatest days are yet to come.
		Because no matter how far off that old photo may feel, it's not the end of our story.
		We're like that man who stood on that platform and felt the bullet pierce his flesh just days ago in Pennsylvania.
		He may have moved to the ground, but he stood back up.
		And when he did, My father raised his fist into the air.
		He looked out at the crowd.
unidentified		And what did he say?
donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		And we will fight.
		We will fight.
		We will fight with our voices.
		We will fight with our ideas.
		And on November 5th, we will fight with our vote.
		I've always been proud of him, but I've never been prouder of my father than I was in that moment.
		That's when the world found out.
		that there is tough and then there's Trump tough.
		And the good news is, America is Trump tough.
unidentified		Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump,
donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		In 1912, more than a century ago, another legendary Republican president came right here to Milwaukee.
		At a political rally less than one mile from where we stand tonight, Teddy Roosevelt was struck by a would-be assassin's bullet.
		But he didn't quit either.
		he finished his speech and he kept fighting My friends, I don't believe in coincidences, but I do believe in God's plan.
		Today, Teddy Roosevelt's man in the arena has a name, and it's Donald J. Trump.
		Remember, my father didn't have to run for re-election this year.
		He doesn't need the money, the fame, the power.
		Frankly, he doesn't need the witch hunts, the phony investigations, or the political prosecutions either.
		But he knew he had to run if there was any chance at saving America.
		He's not doing it for himself.
		He's doing it for everyone here tonight for everyone watching at home applause No matter who you are, you can be a part of this movement to make America great again.
		Look at me and my friend J.D. Vance.
		A kid from Appalachia and a kid from Trump Tower in Manhattan.
		We grew up worlds apart, yet now we're both fighting side by side to save the country we love.
		And by the way, J.D. Vance is going to make one hell of a vice president.
		For those of you who have tuned out politics or have never even voted, I want you to know, if you're looking for a better life, a more prosperous future, a safer, more wholesome and patriotic place to call home, there's room for you in this party and in this movement.
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donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		In fact, you're the ones who matter most of all.
		My father has always said that the people he gets along with best are the people who really work for a living.
		It's because of his background as a builder in construction.
		In construction, it doesn't matter how smart your architect is if you don't have the best guys laying the bricks.
		People with grit.
		People who get their hands dirty.
		That's a big problem with Washington, D.C. Most of the bureaucrats who rule over us have never built anything in their lives.
		It's time to build something real.
		Something tangible.
		Something that will last and leave this country better off for our children.
		That's my father's mission.
		This November, we have a choice.
		It's a choice between one team that wants to build this country up and another that wants to tear this country down.
		It's a choice between people who are proud of America and people who are ashamed of America.
		And ultimately, it's a choice between America last and America first.
unidentified		Thank you.
donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		So if you love this country from the bottom of your heart, if you want to bring back common sense, if you want to save the American dream, if you want to stand up and fight for the future of our nation, you must re-elect my father,
unidentified		Donald J. Trump.
donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		And together, we will make America great once again.
donald trump-jr ▲ ● ▼		Thank you.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Wisconsin.
		We're now bending toward Patriot Mobile.
		The Republican Party is totally reborn.
		This is not your grandfather's Republican Party.
		There is no Cheney's, Bush's, or Romney's on stage.
unidentified		Praise the Lord.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		And so things are moving in the right direction.
		Tons of great energy.
		Just want to give a quick opportunity to talk about the Patriot Mobile story.
		If a viewer doesn't know...
		What the company's founded on, where it comes from.
		You have been on the right side.
		And you were like there before cancel culture, even like really hit.
glenn story ▲ ● ▼		That's right.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		And Pedro Mobile was there.
jenny story ▲ ● ▼		Absolutely.
glenn story ▲ ● ▼		Yeah, why don't I jump into this?
		You know what's really interesting?
		A guy approached me.
		You interviewed Scott Coburn.
		You know Scott really well.
		He's our chief marketing officer.
		There were two or three of us that coach football from really when our kids were eight all the way through to 18. And this guy walks up and says, hey.
		Do you want to start a cell phone company?
		I was like, dude, you've got to be out of your gourd.
		And he walked away with his tail between his legs, and he came back a week or two later, and he goes, hey, listen, will you listen for a second?
		I said, okay.
		He goes, we're going to target Republicans.
		I was like, okay, dude, we got an angle.
		So I started doing a little research.
		We found this group called Credo Mobile.
		They donated $80 million to progressive causes at the time.
		And I was like, okay, I'm a red-blooded conservative.
		I'm an entrepreneur.
		I've started businesses.
		I love having a niche and having a blueprint on the left, naturally.
		This was pre-woke, right?
		And so we started researching it, and lo and behold, we knew we had something.
		We looked out.
		I could go into a store, and I'd sit down with a guy like Benny Johnson and say, hey.
		I got a cell phone.
		Would you consider switching if you knew that not a penny was going to conservative causes?
unidentified		It was.
glenn story ▲ ● ▼		And they would say yes.
		So I signed up the first thousand customers by talking with them.
		And Jenny was a part of it as well.
		She was still in the corporate world a little bit.
		But the real beauty of it is we really knew we had something.
		So this was 11 years ago.
		And then all of a sudden, as we started growing...
		And the messages started growing.
		We worked with a guy named Mark Davis in Dallas, Dana Lash.
		We got on with others because they have trusted voices.
		Folks that listen to Benny know that Benny tells the truth.
		And you are non-fake.
		So when you talk about your cell phone carrier, you listen.
		And all of a sudden, we're at hundreds of thousands of customers.
		A gentleman told me the other day, you guys are the beachhead.
		You've cleared the path.
		Now everybody can say, Christian, conservative, we believe in these things.
		Follow suit.
		And it's blown.
		Our business is just exploding.
		Great word?
unidentified		Going up.
glenn story ▲ ● ▼		Not imploding, but it's amazing.
		And it's really because of everybody out here.
		It's blessed by him.
		Right?
		It's...
		Blessed because people like you talk about Patriot, tell everybody that we're 100% U.S. customer-based, that we donate back to conservative causes, right-to-life military and first responders, and we make a difference.
		I'd like to say it's me, but it's not.
		It has very little to do with us when we started 10 years ago or 11 years ago.
		It has really everything put in front of us was...
		Really, His blessings, right?
		It was His guidance.
		I never knew that it was His guidance.
		But I look back and say, that was Him talking to me saying, you've got to do this.
		And the best part of the story, I've got to tell you this, I know I'm flapping my gums, but what's really interesting, one of my board members walked up, sat down right across from me and said, Glenn, now this is a man of very little words, but when he speaks, they're...
		Ultra profound.
		He sold his business for millions of dollars and he sat down and looked at me and he goes, Glenn, you're being really stupid.
		I said, okay, why?
		He says you live a Christian life, you have Bible studies, but you don't talk about God in your pitch.
		And I thought, okay, he walks out, he left.
unidentified		Count on this Marine to stand up for our soldiers.
		who put their lives on the line for their country every day.
		J.D. Vance's story is one of perseverance, of duty, of commitment to what's right.
		It's an American story, and it's just getting started.
		Squeak
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Usha Vance.
		Cheering
		Good evening.
		Good evening.
		When I was asked to introduce my husband, J.D. Vance, to all of you, I was at a loss.
		What could I say that hasn't already been said before?
		After all, the man was already the subject of a Ron Howard movie.
		J.D. has shared much of his life through his own eloquent words.
		In his book, Hillbilly Elegy, During his Senate campaign, and now as a sitting United States Senator, it occurred to me that there was only one thing to do: to explain from the heart why I love and admire JD and stand here beside him today,
		and why he will make a great Vice President of the United States.
		I met JD in law school when he was fresh out of Ohio State, which he attended with the support of the GI Bill.
		We were friends first because, I mean, who wouldn't want to be friends with JD?
		He was then, as now, the most interesting person I knew.
		A working-class guy who had overcome childhood traumas that I could barely fathom to end up at Yale Law School.
		A tough Marine who had served in Iraq.
		But whose idea of a good time was playing with puppies and watching the movie Babe.
		The most determined person I knew with one overriding ambition: to become a husband and a father and to build the kind of tight-knit family that he had longed for as a child.
		My background is very different from JD's.
		I grew up in San Diego in a middle-class community.
		With two loving parents, both immigrants from India, and a wonderful sister.
		That JD and I could meet at all, let alone fall in love and marry, is a testament to this great country.
		Thank you.
		It is also a testament to JD.
		And it tells you something about who he is.
		When JD met me, he approached our differences with curiosity and enthusiasm.
		He wanted to know everything about me, where I came from, what my life had been like.
		Although he's a meat and potatoes kind of guy, he adapted to my vegetarian diet and learned to cook food for my mother, Indian food.
		Before I knew it, he had become an integral part of my family.
		A person I could not imagine living without.
		The JD I knew then is the same JD you see today, except for that beard.
		And his goals in this new role are the same that he has pursued for our family: to keep people safe, to create opportunities, to build a better life, and to solve problems with an open mind.
		It's safe to say that neither J.D. nor I expected to find ourselves in this position.
		But it's hard to imagine a more powerful example of the American dream.
		A boy from Middletown, Ohio.
		Raised by his grandmother through tough times, chosen to help lead our country through some of its greatest challenges, I am grateful to all of you for the trust you've placed in him and in our family.
		And with that, it is my great privilege to introduce my husband and the next vice president of the United States, J.D. Vance.
		Thank you.
		These United States, they're the ones who need it work.
		Let the rest of the world Thank you, thank you, please
		Wow Yeah
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		First of all, aren't I like a guy?
		Isn't she lovely?
		Isn't that amazing?
		Greetings, Milwaukee.
		My fellow Americans and my fellow Republicans, my name is J.D. Vance from the great state of Ohio.
unidentified		Tonight...
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		O-H-I-O.
		O-H-I-O.
		You guys, we've got to chill with the Ohio love.
		We've got to win Michigan, too, here.
unidentified		So Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		My friends, tonight is a night of hope.
		A celebration of what America once was.
		And with God's grace, what it will soon be again.
unidentified		applause applause Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		And it is a reminder of the sacred duty we have to preserve the American experiment, to choose a new path for our children and grandchildren.
		But as we meet tonight, we cannot forget that this evening could have been so much different.
		Instead of a day of celebration, this could have been a day of heartache.
		For the last eight years, President Trump has given everything he has to fight for the people of our country.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		He didn't need politics, but the country needed him.
unidentified		Thank you.
		Get it?
		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		Now, prior to running for president, he was one of the most successful businessmen in the world.
		He had everything anyone could ever want in a life.
		And yet, instead of choosing the easy path, he chose to endure abuse, slander, and persecution.
		And he did it because he loves this country.
unidentified		Thank you.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		I want all Americans to go and watch the video of a would-be assassin coming a quarter of an inch from taking his life.
		Consider the lies they told you about Donald Trump, and then look at that photo of him, defiant, fist in the air, when Donald Trump rose to his feet in that Pennsylvania field.
		All of America stood with him.
		And what did he call us to do for our country?
		To fight.
		To fight for America.
		Even in his most perilous moment, we were on his mind.
		His instinct was for us, for our country, to call us to something higher, to something greater, to once again be citizens who ask what our country needs of us.
		Now consider what they said.
		They said he was a tyrant.
		They said...
		He must be stopped at all costs.
		But how did he respond?
		he called for national unity, for national calm, literally right after an assassin nearly took his life.
		applause He remembered the victims of the terrible attack, especially the brave Cory Compertori, who gave his life to protect his family.
		God bless him.
		And then President Trump flew to Milwaukee and got back to work.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		Now that's the man I've gotten to know personally over the last few years.
		He is tough, and he is, but he cares about people.
		He can stand defiant against an assassin one moment and call for national healing the next.
		He is a beloved father and grandfather, and of course, a once-in-a-generation business leader.
		He's the man who is feared by America's adversaries, but two nights ago, and I'll share a moment, said goodnight to his two boys, told them he loved them, and made sure to give each of them a kiss on the cheek.
		And I will say, Don and Eric squirmed the same way my four-year-old does when his daddy tries to give him a kiss on the cheek.
		Sorry, guys.
		He is all those things, but tonight we celebrate he is our once and future President of the United States of America.
		I want to respond to his call for unity myself.
		We have a big tent in this party on everything from national security to economic policy.
		But my message to you, my fellow Republicans, is we love this country and we are united to win.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		Now, I think our disagreements actually make us stronger.
		That's what I've learned in my time in the United States Senate, where sometimes I persuade my colleagues and sometimes they persuade me.
		And my message to my fellow Americans, those watching from across the country, is, shouldn't we be governed by a party that is unafraid to debate ideas and come to the best solution?
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		That's the Republican Party of the next four years, united in our love for this country and committed to free speech and the open exchange of ideas.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		And so tonight, Mr. Chairman, I stand here humbled, and I'm overwhelmed with gratitude to say I officially accept your nomination to be Vice President of the United States of America.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		Now, never in my wildest imagination could I have believed that I'd be standing here tonight.
		I grew up in Middletown, Ohio.
		A small town where people spoke their minds, built with their hands, and loved their God, their family, their community, and their country with their whole hearts.
		But it was also a place that had been cast aside and forgotten by America's ruling class in Washington.
		When I was in the fourth grade, a career politician by the name of Joe Biden supported NAFTA, a bad trade deal that sent countless good jobs to Mexico.
		When I was a sophomore in high school, that same career politician named Joe Biden gave China a sweetheart trade deal that destroyed even more good American middle-class manufacturing jobs.
		When I was a senior in high school, that same Joe Biden supported the disastrous invasion of Iraq.
		And at each step of the way, in small towns like mine in Ohio or next door in Pennsylvania or Michigan, in states all across our country, jobs were sent overseas and our children were sent to war.
		and I agree.
		And somehow, a real estate developer from New York City by the name of Donald J. Trump was right on all of these issues while Biden was wrong.
		applause President Trump knew even then that we needed leaders who would put America first.
		Now, thanks to these policies that Biden and other out-of-touch politicians in Washington gave us, our country was flooded with cheap Chinese goods, with cheap foreign labor, and in the decades to come, deadly Chinese fentanyl.
		Joe Biden screwed up, and my community paid the price.
		Now, I was lucky.
		Despite the closing factories and the growing addiction in towns like mine, In my life, I had a guardian angel by my side.
		She was an old woman who could barely walk, but she was tough as nails.
		I called her Mamaw, the name we hillbillies gave to our grandmothers.
unidentified		Applaus
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		Mamaw raised me as my mother struggled with addiction.
		Mamaw was in so many ways a woman of contradiction.
		She loved the Lord, ladies and gentlemen.
		She was a woman of very deep Christian faith.
		But she also loved the F word.
		I'm not kidding.
		She could make a sailor blush.
		Now she once told me...
		when she found out that I was spending too much time with a local kid who was known for dealing drugs, that if I ever hung out with that kid again, she would run him over with her car.
		That's true.
		And she said, "J.D., no one will ever find out about it." Now, thanks to that mamaw, things worked out for me.
		After 9-11, I did what thousands of other young men my age did in that time of soaring patriotism and love of country.
		I enlisted in the United States Marines.
		Semper Fi to my fellow Marines.
		I left the Marines after four years and went to the Ohio State University.
unidentified		Thank you.
unidentified		I'm sorry, Michigan.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		I had to get that in there.
unidentified		Come on, come on.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		We've had enough political violence.
		Now, after Ohio State, I went to Yale Law School, where I met my beautiful wife, and then I started businesses to create jobs in the kind of places that I grew up in.
		Now, my work taught me that there is still so much talent and grit in the American heartland.
		There really is.
		But for these places to thrive, my friends, we need a leader who fights for the people who built this country.
		We need a leader who's not in the pocket of big business, but answers to the working man, union and non-union alike.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		A leader who won't sell out to multinational corporations, but will stand up for American companies and American industry.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		A leader who rejects Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' Green News scam and fights to bring back our great American factories.
unidentified		We need President Donald J. Trump.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		Some people tell me I've lived the American dream, and of course they're right, and I'm so grateful for it.
		But the American dream that always counted most was not starting a business or becoming a senator or even being here with you fine people, though it's pretty awesome.
		My most important American dream was becoming a good husband and a good dad.
		Of being able to give...
		I wanted to give my kids the things that I didn't have when I was growing up.
		And that's the accomplishment that I'm proudest of.
		Tonight, I'm joined by my beautiful wife Usha, an incredible lawyer and a better mom, and our three beautiful kids, Ewan, who's seven, Vivek, who's four, and Mirabelle, who's two.
		Now, they're back at the hotel, and kids, if you're watching, Daddy loves you very much, but get your butts in bed.
		It's ten o 'clock.
		My friends, things did not work out well for a lot of kids I grew up with.
		Every now and then, I will get a call from a relative back home who asks, did you know so-and-so?
		And I'll remember a face from years ago, and then I'll hear, they died of an overdose.
		As always, America's ruling class wrote the checks.
		Communities like mine paid the price.
		For decades, that divide between the few with their power and comfort in Washington and the rest of us only widened.
		From Iraq to Afghanistan, from the financial crisis to the Great Recession, from open borders to stagnating wages, the people who govern this country have failed and failed again.
		That is, of course, until a guy named Donald J. Trump came along.
		President Trump represents America's last best hope to restore what, if lost, may never be found again.
		A country where a working-class boy born far from the halls of power can stand on this stage as the next vice president of the United States of America.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		But, my fellow Americans here in this stage and watching at home, this moment is not about me.
		It's about all of us.
		And it's about who we're fighting for.
		It's about the auto worker in Michigan wondering why out-of-touch politicians are destroying their jobs.
		It's about the factory worker in Wisconsin who makes things with their hands and is proud of American craftsmanship.
		It's about the energy worker in Pennsylvania and Ohio who doesn't understand why Joe Biden is willing to buy energy from tin pot dictators across the world when he could buy it from his own citizens right here in our own country.
		You guys are a great crowd.
unidentified		Wow.
unidentified		Yes, we are.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		And it's about, our movement is about single moms like mine who struggled with money and addiction but never gave up.
		And I'm proud to say that tonight my mom is here.
		Ten years clean and sober.
		I love you, Mom.
unidentified		Thank you.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		And you know, Mom, I I was thinking it'll be 10 years officially in January of 2025, and if President Trump's okay with it, let's have the celebration in the White House.
		And our movement, ladies and gentlemen, it's about grandparents all across this country who are living on Social Security and raising grandchildren they didn't expect to raise.
		And while we're on the topic of grandparents, let me tell you another mamaw story.
		Now, my mamaw died shortly before I left for Iraq in 2005.
		And when we went through things, we found 19 loaded handguns.
		They were...
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		Now, the thing is, they were stashed all over her house, under her bed, in her closet, in the silverware drawer.
		And we wondered what was going on, and it occurred to us that towards the end of her life, Mamaw couldn't get around so well.
		And so this frail old woman made sure that no matter where she was, she was within arm's length of whatever she needed to protect her family.
		That's who we fight for.
		That's American spirit.
unidentified		USA!
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		Now, Joe Biden has been a politician in Washington for longer than I've been alive.
		39 years old.
		Kamala Harris is not much further behind.
		For half a century, he's been the champion of every major policy initiative to make America weaker and poorer.
		And in four short years, Donald Trump reversed decades of betrayals inflicted by Joe Biden and the rest of the corrupt Washington insiders.
		applause He created the greatest economy in history for workers.
		It really was amazing.
		There's this chart that shows worker wages, and they stagnated for pretty much my entire life until President Donald J. Trump came along.
		Workers'wages went through the roof.
		And just imagine what he's going to do when we give him four more years.
unidentified		Cheering
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		Months ago, I heard some young family member observe that their parents' generation, the baby boomers, could afford to buy a home when they first entered the workforce.
		But I don't know this person observed if I'll ever be able to afford a home.
		The absurd cost of housing is the result of so many failures, and it reveals so much about what's broken in Washington.
		I can tell you exactly how it happened.
		Wall Street barons crashed the economy and American builders went out of business.
		As tradesmen scrambled for jobs, houses stopped being built.
		The lack of good jobs, of course, led to stagnant wages.
		And then the Democrats flooded this country with millions of illegal aliens.
		So citizens had to compete with people who shouldn't even be here for precious housing.
		Joe Biden's inflation crisis, my friends, is really an affordability crisis.
		And many of the people that I grew up with can't afford to pay more for groceries, more for gas, more for rent, and that's exactly what Joe Biden's economy has given them.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		So prices soared, dreams were shattered, and China and the cartel sent fentanyl across the border, adding addiction to the heartache.
		But ladies and gentlemen, that is not the end of our story.
		We've heard about villains and their victims.
		I've talked a lot about that, but let me tell you about the future.
		President Trump's vision is so simple and yet so powerful.
		We're done, ladies and gentlemen, catering to Wall Street.
		will commit to the working man.
		We're done importing foreign labor.
		we're going to fight for American citizens and their good jobs and their good wages.
		We're done buying energy from countries that hate us.
		We're going to get it right here from American workers in Pennsylvania, in Ohio, and across the country.
		We're done sacrificing supply chains to unlimited global trade, and we're going to stamp more and more products with that beautiful label, Made in the USA.
unidentified		USA!
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		We're going to build factories again, put people to work making real products for American families made with the hands of American workers.
		Together, we will protect the wages of American workers and stop the Chinese Communist Party from building their middle class on the backs of American citizens.
		Together, we will make sure our allies share in the burden of securing world peace.
		no more free rides for nations that betray the generosity of the American taxpayer.
		Together, we will send our kids to war only when we must.
		showed with the elimination of ISIS and so much more.
		When we punch, we're going to punch hard.
		Together, we will put the citizens of America first, whatever the color of their skin.
		then we will, in short, make America great again.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		You know, one of the things that you hear people say sometimes is that America is an idea.
		And to be clear, America was indeed founded on brilliant ideas like the rule of law and religious liberty, things written into the fabric of our Constitution and our nation.
		But America is not just an idea.
		It is a group of people with a shared history and a common future.
		It is, in short, a nation.
		Now, it is part of that tradition, of course, that we welcome newcomers.
		But when we allow newcomers into our American family, we allow them on our terms.
		That's the way we preserve the continuity of this project from 250 years past to hopefully 250 years in the future.
		And let me illustrate this with a story, if I may.
		I'm, of course, married to the daughter of South Asian immigrants to this country.
		Incredible people.
		People who genuinely have enriched this country in so many ways.
		And, of course, I'm biased because I love my wife and her family, but it's true.
		Now, when I proposed to my wife, we were in law school, and I said, Honey, I come with $120,000 worth of law school debt and a cemetery plot on a mountainside in eastern Kentucky.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		And I guess standing here tonight, it's just gotten weirder and weirder, honey.
		But that's what she was getting.
		Now that cemetery plot in eastern Kentucky is near my family's ancestral home.
		And like a lot of people, we came from the mountains of Appalachia into the factories of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		Now, that's Kentucky coal country, one of the ten...
		Now, it's one of the ten poorest counties in the entire United States of America.
		They are very hardworking people, and they're very good people.
		They're the kind of people who would give you the shirt off their back even if they can't afford enough to eat.
		And our media calls them privileged and looks down on them.
		But they love this country.
		Not only because it's a good idea, but because in their bones they know that this is their home, and it will be their children's home, and they would die fighting to protect it.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		That is the source of America's greatness.
		As a United States Senator, I get to represent millions of people in the great state of Ohio with similar stories, and it is the great honor of my life.
		Now, in that cemetery, there are people who were born around the time of the Civil War.
		And if, as I hope, my wife and I are eventually laid to rest there, and our kids follow us, there will be seven generations just in that small mountain cemetery plot in eastern Kentucky.
		Seven generations of people who have fought for this country, who have built this country.
		who have made things in this country and who would fight and die to protect this country if they were asked to.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		Now, that's not just an idea, my friends.
		That's not just a set of principles.
		Even though the ideas and the principles are great, that is a homeland.
		That is our homeland.
		People will not fight for abstractions, but they will fight for their home.
		And if this movement of ours is going to succeed and if this country is going to thrive, our leaders have to remember that America is a nation and its citizens deserve leaders who put its interests first.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		Now, we won't agree on every issue, of course, not even in this room.
		We may disagree from time to time about how best to reinvigorate American industry and renew American family.
		That's fine.
		In fact, it's more than fine.
		It's good.
		But never forget that the reason why this united Republican Party exists, why we do this, why we care about those great ideas and that great history, is that we want this nation to thrive for centuries to come.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		Now, eventually in that mountain cemetery, my children will lay me to rest.
		And when they do, I would like them to know that thanks to the work of this Republican Party, the United States of America, and as strong and as proud and as great as ever.
		That is who we serve, my friends.
		That is who we fight for.
		And the only thing that we need to do right now, the most important thing that we can do for those people, for that American nation that we all love, is to re-elect Donald J. Trump, President of the United States.
unidentified		Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		Mr. President, I will never take for granted the trust you have put in me.
		And what an honor it is to help achieve the extraordinary vision that you have for this country.
		Now, I pledge to every American, no matter your party, I will give you everything I have to serve you and to make this country a place where every dream you have for yourself, your family, and your country will be possible once again.
unidentified		applause applause applause Thank you.
jd vance ▲ ● ▼		And I promise you one more thing.
		To the people of Middletown, Ohio, and all the forgotten communities in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, and every corner of our nation, I promise you this.
		I will be a vice president who never forgets where he came from.
		And every single day for the next four years, when I walk into that White House to help President Trump, I will be doing it for you, for your family, for your future, and for this great country.
		Thank you.
		God bless all of you, and God bless our great country.
unidentified		Thank you.
		Michael Watley of North Carolina.
		gets an alternate.
		Republicans around the world, tonight, in this hall, we had a chance to see what strength is like.
		Strength looks like heartbroken Gold Star families talking about their loved ones and talking about their loss.
		Strength looks like fraternity brothers facing down a hostile crowd to save the American flag.
		Strength looks like thousands of law enforcement officers from all across the country here to protect us tonight.
		Strength tonight looks like all We love the soldiers and the sailors and the airmen and the Marines around the world keeping America safe home and abroad.
		Strength looks like a teenage daughter standing on this stage and talking to America about the love that she has for her grandfather.
		Strength looks like
		A kid born in rural Appalachia who put himself through school and answered a call to service when America needed him and joined the Marines and has answered another call to serve as our next vice president.
		And strength Looks like a man who gave up a successful business career and a comfortable life to fight every single day for the American people.
		Who has suffered hoax after hoax after hoax.
		Who has endured politically motivated prosecutions and lawsuits all across the country.
		And who, when he was knocked down by a would-be assassin's bullet, got back up and encouraged America to fight, fight, fight.
		Ladies and gentlemen, we know what strength looks like, and we know that America is a nation of inherent strength, and we, as a nation of inherent strength, are going to be strong again.
		For tonight's benediction, please welcome the lead pastor at Bayou Blue Assembly in Houma, Louisiana, Pastor Packy Thompson.
		Well, hello, Milwaukee!
		I bring you greetings from the great state of Louisiana, from my church, Bayou Blue Assembly of God in Houma, Louisiana, and from the small town I grew up in, in Gena, Louisiana.
		I am proud to be with all of you here tonight for this historic convention, and I thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for his blessings.
		I would like to thank the RNC for allowing me to be here.
		And I would like to thank President Trump for all that he has done for our country.
		I want you to know, sir, that you are loved and respected in my state of Louisiana.
		Would you all stand and pray with me, please?
		Heavenly Father, we are grateful for your mercy.
		Father, I thank you for giving us a man to stand in the gap for us.
		A man who has made up the hedge for the American people.
		A man who has protected our nation from those who would harm us.
		Father, we thank you for raising up President Donald J. Trump.
		To be the 47th President of the United States of America.
		And I also thank you for protecting him from the evil that was perpetrated last Saturday.
		Father, I ask that you would unite our country once again.
		A nation, Lord God, under your leadership.
		Father God, help us to elect leaders that will help us to become the lead country in the world.
		To hold the values that our forefathers intended for us when they drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.
		Father, I ask that you would help us to elect men and women of God who will protect the rights that were promised to every American, protect us from tyranny, and restore truth back to the public square.
		Father, I pray for Donald J. Trump and J.D. Vance tonight.
		That you would give them grace, strength, and wisdom to guide our country once again.
		And Father God, help make America great once again.
		I ask it in Jesus' name.
		And everybody said amen!
		Yes!
		The chair recognizes the delegate from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the purpose of offering a motion.
		Mr. Chairman, I am Fred Keller from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the birthplace of America.
		I make the motion that this convention now adjourn.
		The question now occurs on the motion to adjourn.
		All those in favor signify by saying aye.
		Aye.
		All those opposed, no.
		In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the motion is adopted accordingly.
		This convention stands adjourned until 5:00 PM tomorrow.

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